F Short Volume
Ford Motor Company (F) operates in the Consumer Cyclical sector, specifically the Auto - Manufacturers industry, with a market capitalization near $48.05B, listed on NYSE, employing roughly 169,000 people, carrying a beta of 1.94 to the broader market. Ford Motor Company is a global automotive giant, engaged in the design, production, and servicing of a broad spectrum of vehicles. Led by James Duncan Farley Jr., public since 1972-06-01.
Short volume measures the number of shares sold short on a given day as reported by FINRA. Tracking short volume relative to total volume helps identify unusual bearish sentiment or short-squeeze potential.
- Latest Date
- 2026-10-15
- Short Volume
- 7.6M
- Total Volume
- 17.6M
- Short %
- 43.23%
- 30-Day Avg Short %
- 56.66%
Showing 30 days of FINRA short volume data for Ford Motor Company.
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F most-active contracts
| Type | Strike | Expiration | Volume | OI | IV | Bid | Ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PUT | $7.85 | Jan 15, 2027 | 2 | 68.1K | 41.2% | $0.02 | $0.04 |
| CALL | $14.00 | Nov 20, 2026 | 1.1K | 59.4K | 38.3% | $0.10 | $0.11 |
| CALL | $19.85 | Jan 15, 2027 | 0 | 53.0K | 42.7% | $0.02 | $0.04 |
| CALL | $14.85 | Jan 15, 2027 | 1.9K | 52.7K | 34.7% | $0.15 | $0.17 |
Top 4 contracts from the institutional-grade nightly options scan; ranked by volume within the broader S&P 500/400/600 + ETF universe.
Frequently asked F short volume questions
- What is the daily F short volume?
- As of Oct 15, 2026, Ford Motor Company (F) short volume is 7.6M shares against 17.6M total reported volume, or 43.23% short-side. Short volume measures shares sold short during the day; it is flow, not inventory.
- How is F short volume reported?
- FINRA publishes the Daily Short Sale Volume File for trades reported to FINRA TRFs and the FINRA/Nasdaq ADF on a T+1 basis. The headline figure is the count of shares that printed at the short-sale or short-exempt tick across all reporting venues for the symbol; each exchange separately publishes its own daily short-sale data file.
- What does F short volume tell options traders?
- Daily short-sale flow is one input that helps disambiguate dealer-hedging activity from directional bear flow when the chain shows fresh customer call inventory. It is not a clean MM-only proxy: the headline number mixes directional shorting, options-MM delta-hedging, ETF-creation arbitrage, and convertible-arb hedging. Cross-check against gamma-exposure and OI changes for a cleaner read.